RU2201062C2 - Plant undercutting and treating apparatus and method - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: agricultural engineering. SUBSTANCE: apparatus has mower with at least one cutting blade connected via pipeline system to treating liquid volume. Pipeline system provides for continuous supplying of treating liquid to lower surface of cutting blade during cutting process. Method involves preparing at least one cutting blade, liquid storage container and pipeline system for connecting thereof; providing for continuous flow of treating liquid toward lower surface of cutting blade and wetting plant cuts with treating liquid during cutting of plants. EFFECT: increased efficiency and provision for treating remaining stems of cut plants without spreading of treating liquid into environment. 70 cl, 42 dwg

Description

Field of Invention
The present invention relates to a device and method for pruning and processing vegetation, and in particular to a device and method for pruning vegetation while treating the remaining stems of pruned plants with a special liquid.

1. Background of the invention
Electricity companies periodically prune plants that grow along power lines in alienation lines to maintain access to power lines and minimize network losses. Access is required to facilitate maintenance and repair of damaged lines. Excessive network losses can occur when tall and dense vegetation under power lines causes electric current to leak to the ground. The higher and denser the vegetation, the higher the line loss due to spurious radiation. Traffic authorities also periodically prune plants that grow in the middle and along roadsides to ensure the safety of drivers and pedestrians. Pruning plants improves visibility and creates platforms along the roads for emergency stops. As the demand for power lines and roads grows, the number of miles of alienation and curbs increases exponentially. In accordance with this, electric companies and road departments are constantly looking for more efficient and economical methods of cutting vegetation along exclusion and roadside lanes.

 Electric companies and road agencies have found that it is beneficial to treat plants with special substances during pruning to limit the growth of unwanted vegetation or to reduce the growth rate of the desired vegetation. The vegetation is usually treated with granular or liquid substances, such as growth regulators, herbicides, pesticides, fungicides, fertilizers or biological agents, depending on the desired result. Liquid treatment is most often performed by spraying in air, so that the liquid contacts the vegetation and is retained by absorbing the liquid into individual plants. Conventional methods for distributing liquids include spraying the treatment fluid in the plant containing area from air vehicles, from land vehicles equipped with spray nozzles, from hand sprayers or using mowers equipped with processing devices. However, until now there have not been mowers with processing devices that could cut vegetation and process it in a non-horizontal direction, for example, on hillsides, with the head of the mower attached to the end of the articulated outrigger.

 Unfortunately, these distribution methods do not provide accurate distribution or control of the amount of liquid entering the plants. Methods of distribution, in particular spraying, allow the processing agent to enter not only the plants to be treated, but also to other places. If the treatment is done through air, the spray density decreases and some plants may not be treated at all. In addition, if the concentration of the processing substance is high, the operator usually distributes more substance than necessary, and thus large quantities of substance are unproductive. Processing fluids are usually sprayed until the foliage of the plants becomes noticeably wet. At the same time, it is impossible to predict how much of the processing substance will fall on the ground around the plants and pollute the surrounding soil and the underground water system, and how much of the processing substance will be absorbed into the vascular or evaporative system of plants on which it should produce the desired effect.

 DowElanco, a manufacturer of herbicides, warns consumers that its liquid chemicals are only effective if the substance penetrates the foliage and is absorbed into the plant's vapor system. Therefore, chemical companies produce chemicals known as “adjuvants,” which help spray liquids penetrate the dense foliage. Many treatment fluids also contain surfactants that aid the absorption of the agent into the plant's vapor system. However, usually only a small fraction of the sprayed liquid actually enters the plant’s vaporization system. The rest of the chemical fluid settles on the ground, from when mixed with precipitation it can spread to surrounding areas or evaporate into the atmosphere and then spread by the wind.

 Naturally, farmers and those people who live near the exclusion lanes of power lines and highways object to the use of processing fluids that causes them to spread or spread. Therefore, government laws and municipal regulations in many cases restrict electric companies and road departments from distributing spray fluids. And although electric companies and road departments strictly obey these laws and regulations, ecologists believe that with any method of distributing the processing fluids, they inevitably pollute the soil and the underground water system, and there is also a risk of erosion and separation by the wind. In addition, in the event that chemical contamination of the land or water near the treatment area has occurred, electric companies and road departments cannot provide convincing evidence that the cutting and processing of plants was not a source of pollution.

2. Description of previous technology
There are various devices for cutting and processing vegetation with special fluids. For example, in US patents 2908444 and 2939636, publ. 10.13.59 and 07.06.60, respectively, by Mullen; U.S. Patent 2,973,615, publ. 03/07/61, author Yaremchuk; U.S. Patent 3,332,221, publ. 07/25/67, author McCain, described rotary lawn mowers equipped with a spray for liquid chemicals, In US patent 5237803, publ. 08.24.93, author of Domingu, describes a trailed mower (with horizontally rotating blades) or a mower of the "Betwing" type ("bat wing") equipped with sprayers for liquid chemicals. Sprayers are located above the blades inside the mower in such a way that the spray of the processing fluid is distributed strictly within the area under the casing as the mower moves along the ground. The liquid is dispersed by the centrifugal force generated by rotation, or discharged above the blade of the mower, so that part of the liquid evaporates as it collides with the body and / or the rotating blade of the mower. However, the processing fluid may fall on the ground around the plants, and the evaporating fluid may be carried away with the wind into the environment. In addition, none of these devices can trim and process vegetation in a non-horizontal position, for example, from the end of a hinged extension rod.

 U.S. Pat. No. 2,887,633, publ. 03.24.59, by Mullen, and U.S. Patent 3,090,187, publ. 05.21.63, author of Livingston, described rotary lawn mowers equipped with a device for supplying the processing fluid to the rotating blade of the mower. Mullen’s patent also describes a piping device for supplying the processing fluid to the inner channel located along the axis of the rotary shaft of the mower and ending at the hole in the lower part of the blade. However, the centrifugal force of the rotating blade ejects the processing fluid from the droplet-shaped opening. Livingstone's patent also describes a longitudinal groove made in the leading edge of the blade to supply the treatment fluid to the lower portion of the blade tip. Due to this, the processing fluid is supplied directly to the freshly cut stem of the plant. However, Livingston's mower switchgear is open to the atmosphere. In this way, the treatment fluid can spill onto the ground or evaporate and spread with the wind to the surrounding areas.

 U.S. Patent 4,926,622, publ. 05.22.90, by Mackey, a rotary cutter for clearing bushes and an applicator for applying herbicides are described. The cutter includes a plurality of cutting blades, and the applicator includes a device for feeding the herbicide to the cutting blades, so that the herbicide is fed into the shrub as it is trimmed with rotating blades. In one embodiment, the applicator also includes an enclosed conduit for transferring the treatment fluid from the container mounted on top of the rotary cutter body to the outlet near the blade. The pipeline includes an elongated pipe attached to the outer surface of the rotating blade so that the outlet is in fluid communication with the axial shaft of the rotary cutter. However, the pipe may crack or bend during the longitudinal bending of the blade, and may also be punctured or torn if the blade suddenly stumbles upon a stationary stone or stump.

 As can be seen from the shortcomings of the above-described rotary mowers, for cutting vegetation and treating trimmed vegetation with a special liquid, a device and method are required in which the processing liquid does not extend to the surrounding earth or to the atmosphere. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a device and method for cutting vegetation while simultaneously processing the remaining stems of trimmed vegetation without spreading the treatment fluid to the surrounding earth or atmosphere.

 A further and more specific objective of the invention is to provide a device and method for cutting and simultaneously processing the remaining stalks of trimmed vegetation, including a device for supplying the processing fluid to the lower part of the cutting blade so that the flow of the processing fluid continuously flows to the remaining stems of the plants.

 The next and more specific objective of the invention is to create a device and method for cutting and simultaneous processing of the remaining stems of the trimmed vegetation by introducing the processing fluid into the evaporation system of plants.

 A further object of the invention is to provide a device and method for cutting vegetation and simultaneously treating the remaining stems of trimmed vegetation, suitable for use in any direction, in particular for any deviation from the horizontal, including the vertical.

 The next objective of the invention is to provide a device and method for cutting vegetation and simultaneous processing of vegetation, which include a removable, hermetically sealed liquid reservoir for the processing fluid.

 The next and more specific objective of the invention is to create a method and device for cutting and processing vegetation with a special liquid, minimizing spillage, unproductive consumption and damage to the processing liquid.

 The next objective of the invention is to create a device and method of cutting vegetation and at the same time applying a strictly defined amount of processing fluid to the remaining stems of the trimmed plants.

 A further and more specific objective of the invention is to provide a device and method for cutting and simultaneously processing vegetation, which include flow control means for accurately measuring the amount of processing fluid supplied to the cutting blade.

 A further and more specific objective of the invention is to provide a device and method for cutting and simultaneously processing vegetation, which includes a device for determining the speed of the mower relative to the ground, so that the desired amount of processing liquid is applied to the remaining stems of the trimmed plants.

 The next objective of the invention is to create a device and method for recording the location of the device and the volume of the processing fluid, distributed over the exclusion bands of power lines and the middle sections and roadsides of the highway.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention consists in a device and method for cutting vegetation and simultaneously treating the remaining stems of the cut plants with processing fluids, such as growth regulators, herbicides, pesticides, fungicides, fertilizers, adjuvants, surface-active or biological agents, preferably water-based. The treatment fluid is applied without spreading, such as spraying, the treatment agent into the surrounding soil or atmosphere. Instead, the treatment fluid is supplied from the hermetically sealed fluid reservoir through the fluid conduit to the bottom of the cutting blade in a continuous stream. Thus, the processing fluid continuously flows to the trimmed ends of the remaining stems at the time of cutting, so that at least about 75-95% of the processing fluid is absorbed directly into the plant’s vaporization system, almost immediately, which gives maximum processing efficiency and significantly reduces the need for processing fluid, as well as the amount of active ingredient.

 The device includes a mower, a cutting blade drive for rotating the cutting and processing device, including at least one cutting blade unit mounted to rotate on the blade holder, a container for the processing liquid, a device for measuring the amount of processing liquid supplied to the cutting and processing device, and a liquid pipeline for supplying the processing fluid from the liquid container to the cutting and processing device.

 The mower can be any maneuverable tool for cutting vegetation, moving on the ground or above the ground, such as a tool for cutting hedges, trees and orchards. For example, a mower can be a push mower, a conventional electric mower, a horse-powered mower, a tractor with an engine, a trailed mower (with horizontally rotating blades) or a Betwing mower, header, hydraulic feller buncher, high-speed nozzle a saw, a high-speed pruning nozzle, a knife plate, a multi-disc mower, a drum mower, a chain mower or a mower head attached to a hinged outrigger. The mower, described here by way of example only, is a conventional trailed mower mounted on the back of an agricultural tractor.

 The mower preferably includes a generally flat deck having a central opening for receiving the cutting blade drive, a pair of usually straight opposite ends, usually a straight front wall and an arched rear wall. At least a portion of the rear wall may include many short chain lengths to prevent solid pieces, such as stones, from being thrown out from under the mower deck. The mower is equipped with at least one wheel attached to the deck of the mower to facilitate movement on the ground and to maintain the cutting and processing equipment at the desired height above the ground. A plurality of uprights is attached to the upper surface of the deck, between which a fluid reservoir is held.

 The cutting blade drive is attached to the mower deck and includes an elongated drive shaft located inside the center hole of the mower deck. The cutting blade drive preferably operates from a power take-off of a tractor that carries the mower. However, the cutting blade drive may be driven by a gasoline engine or a hydraulic motor mounted on top of the mower deck. In a preferred embodiment, a bevel gear is mounted at one end of the drive shaft for engagement with the rotating shaft of the tractor power take-off box. The cutting and processing tool is mounted on the other end of the drive shaft. The drive shaft is mounted for rotation and, in turn, rotates the blade holder and at least one node of the cutting blade of the cutting and processing devices. The drive shaft of the cutting blade drive inside contains a conduit for through fluid flow, so that the drive shaft of the cutting blade drive is in fluid communication with the pump device and the cutting and processing device.

 The cutting and processing device is attached to the drive shaft of the cutting blade drive directly at the lower surface of the mower deck and includes at least one cutting blade assembly mounted for rotation on the blade holder. For attaching at least one cutting blade assembly, the blade holder may be of any shape. In a preferred embodiment, the blade holder is an elongated plate having a central hole for receiving the cutting blade drive and at least one hole at the end of the plate for receiving the cutting blade assembly. Between the central hole and the hole at the end of the plate there is a longitudinal fluid line. The fluid conduit allows for a through passage of fluid, so that the drive shaft of the cutting blade drive is in fluid communication with the cutting blade assembly. In another preferred embodiment, the blade holder is usually a flat disk in which at least one hole offset outward from the center hole is located at the outer edge of the disk and accommodates at least one blade. Preferably, the disk comprises a plurality of, for example, four, orthogonally placed cutting blade assemblies, each of which accommodates at least one blade.

 At the end of the blade holder, at least one cutting blade assembly is rotatably mounted. The cutting blade assembly is preferably mounted at each of the opposite ends of the blade holder. The cutting blade assembly includes a cutting blade shaft and a cutting blade hub fixed to the cutting blade shaft. The cutting blade bushing carries a cutting blade outward from it. The lower part of the sleeve is made in the shape of a saucer, so if the sleeve bumps into an obstacle on the ground along the cutting blade, the sleeve passes through the obstacle without transmitting an impact to the cutting blade. The leading edge of the cutting blade is beveled to form a sharp cutting edge. The cutting blade assembly internally has a fluid conduit allowing through passage of fluid, so that the fluid conduit located in the blade holder is in fluid communication with the bottom of the cutting blade.

 The liquid container is secured between vertical posts mounted on top of the mower deck. The fluid reservoir includes at least one substantially hollow, hermetically sealed fluid reservoir containing treatment fluid. In a preferred embodiment, the container includes a plurality of cross-folded, removable, interconnected fluid reservoirs. Each of the tanks is made of a material that is resistant to ultraviolet radiation, such as polyurethane, polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic.

 Each tank contains an inlet and an outlet at one of the end walls, which are connected to the female portions of the double shut-off fitting. The male part of the nozzle is connected to the female part of the nozzle and allows the flow of the processing fluid from the upper reservoir to the underlying one, and from the lowest to the transition fitting adjacent to the pumping device. A flexible fluid pipe connects the outlet of each upper reservoir to the inlet of the next lower reservoir. A flexible fluid pipe extending from the outlet of the lowest reservoir passes through a pumping device and connects to a fitting on the drive body of the cutting blade. Thus, the fluid container is in fluid communication with the cutting blade drive. The male part of the fitting, which enters the female part of the fitting in the inlet of the uppermost tank, is connected to the in-line filter and the cap of the ventilation valve to communicate the liquid tanks with the surrounding atmosphere. The filter prevents pebbles, insects, etc. from entering the system, but does not limit the intake of ambient air.

 The reservoirs are packaged in such a way that the lowest reservoir is automatically filled with the processing fluid from the upper reservoirs as the treatment fluid is applied to the undergrowth. Tanks are filled in any quantity in another place, therefore, liquid spillage at the workplace is excluded, where it can affect workers, pollute the surrounding soil or underground water supply system. The tanks are hermetically sealed so that the treatment fluid cannot deteriorate or lose its properties. Pre-filled tanks in a predetermined quantity can be stacked in such a way that the user does not need to interrupt pruning and processing to refill the tanks or replace empty tanks. Empty tanks are returned to the appropriate service for refilling without rinsing at the workplace, and are never thrown into city landfills.

 Flow control means measures the amount of processing fluid supplied by the pumping device to the bottom of the cutting blade. The means for controlling the flow include an adjusting unit electrically connected to a speed sensing device relative to the ground. The device for determining the speed relative to the ground includes a sensing element for determining the angular velocity of the rear wheel of the tractor and the speed of the mower calculated from it. In a preferred embodiment, the speed determination device is located at each of the rear wheels of the tractor, then the angular speed of the rear wheels is averaged and multiplied by a correction factor, in order to more accurately calculate the speed of the tractor relative to the ground. The control unit is also electrically connected to a stepping DC motor that drives the pumping device, so that the desired amount of treatment fluid is applied to the vegetation in the area being treated.

 The flow control means provides a continuous flow of fluid, so that the fluid reservoir is in fluid communication with the cutting blade assembly of the cutting and processing device. The flow control means include a flexible pipe routed between the outlet of the lowest fluid reservoir and the fluid fitting on the cutting blade drive housing. The through passage for fluid is provided by the fluid pipe of the cutting blade drive, the blade holder and the cutting blade assembly. Thus, the piping system provides a through passage for supplying the treatment fluid to the bottom of the cutting blade, so that the treatment fluid continuously flows to the remaining stems of the plants at the time of cutting.

Brief Description of the Drawings
While some of the objectives and advantages of the invention are set forth above, the rest are explained in more detail by describing preferred embodiments of the invention with reference to the corresponding figures, in which
Figa shows a preferred embodiment of an electric lawn mower according to the invention.

 FIG. 1b shows a preferred embodiment of a trailed mower according to the invention.

 FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing preferred components of a vegetation cutting and processing apparatus according to the invention.

 FIG. 3 is an enlarged three-dimensional image of the trailed mower of FIG. 1b.

 Fig. 4a is a sectional view of the drive of the cutting blade of the trailed mower of Fig. 1b.

 FIG. 4b is an enlarged view of the cutting blade drive of FIG. 4a.

 Fig.5a is a vertical projection and a partial section of the cutting and processing devices of the trailed mower of Fig.1b.

 FIG. 5b is a top view of the cutting and processing device of the trailed mower of FIG. 1b.

 Fig. 5c is an enlarged partial sectional view of Fig. 5a.

 FIG. 5d is a plan view of the cutting blade sleeve along line 5d-5d of FIG. 5a.

 Fig. 6a is a vertical projection and a partial section of an alternative embodiment of the cutting and processing device of the trailed mower of Fig. 1b.

 Fig.6b is a top view of an alternative embodiment of the cutting and processing devices of the trailed mower of Fig.1b.

 Fig.6c is a vertical projection and partial section of an alternative embodiment of the cutting and processing devices of the trailed mower of Fig.1b.

 FIG. 7 is a three-dimensional image of a fluid container of a trailed mower of FIG. 1b.

FIG. 8 is a three-dimensional view of a separate FLO-THRU CELL ^® reservoir of a trailed mower fluid reservoir of FIG. 1b.

Fig.9 is a side view of the tank FLO-THRU CELL ^TM of Fig.8.

FIG. 10 is an end view of the FLO-THRU CELL ^™ tank of FIG. 8.

 FIG. 10a shows a section through a reservoir with inlet and outlet ports with fittings.

 FIG. 11 is a three-dimensional view showing preferred components of the flow control means of the trailed mower of FIG. 1b.

 12 is an end view of the flange holder of the flow control means of FIG. 11.

 FIG. 13 is a sectional view of the flange holder of the flow control means of FIG. 12 along line 13-13.

 FIG. 14 is a front view of the flow control adjuster of FIG. 12.

 FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing communications of preferred components in the flow control means of FIG. 12.

 FIG. 16 is a diagram of preferred components of the electric lawn mower of FIG. 1 a.

 FIG. 17a is a three-dimensional image of the blade holder of FIG. 16.

 Fig.17b is a three-dimensional image of an alternative embodiment of the blade holder of Fig.16.

 FIG. 18 is a plan view of the center portion of the blade holder of FIG. 17a.

 FIG. 19 is a sectional view of an alternative embodiment of a cutting blade drive portion and a cutting and processing portion of the mower of the invention.

 FIG. 20 is a sectional view of an alternative embodiment of a cutting blade drive portion and a cutting and processing portion of the mower of the invention.

 Fig is a three-dimensional image of a hydraulic feller buncher according to the invention, connected to the front extension bar of the tractor.

 FIG. 22 is a three-dimensional image of the high speed saw nozzle of the invention adapted for use in the hydraulic feller buncher of FIG. 21.

 Fig is a three-dimensional image of a high-speed secateurs according to the invention, adapted for use in the hydraulic feller buncher of Fig.21.

 FIG. 24 is a partial sectional view of a portion of a liquid line of a vegetation pruning and processing device of the invention shown in FIGS. 25-32.

 Fig is a top view of a knife plate according to the invention.

 Fig.26 is an end view of the knife plate of Fig.25.

 FIG. 27 is a top view of the multi-disc mower of the invention.

 FIG. 28 is a side view of one of the multi-disc mower discs of FIG. 27.

 Fig is a side view of a drum mower according to the invention.

 FIG. 30 is an enlarged view of the stationary blade of the drum mower of FIG. 29, showing an alternative embodiment of the processing fluid outlet openings.

 Fig is a side view of a chain mower according to the invention.

 Fig. 32 is a plan view of the chain mower of Fig. 31.

 FIG. 33 is a partial sectional view of an alternative embodiment of a portion of a liquid pipe of a vegetation pruning and treatment device of the invention shown in FIGS. 25-32.

Detailed Description of Preferred Embodiments
On figa and 1b shows a device, indicated by the General position 40, for pruning vegetation and simultaneous processing of the remaining stems of pruned plants with a special liquid. The treatment fluid may be any fluid applied to the vegetation, in particular a growth regulator, herbicide, pesticide, fungicide, fertilizer or biological agent, depending on the desired result. The treatment fluid preferably has an aqueous base. However, the base of the treatment fluid may be any substance miscible with the treatment fluid to form an inviscid fluid. The device 40 delivers the treatment fluid to the bottom of the cutting blade, so that the flow of the treatment fluid is continuously supplied to the remaining stems of the cut plants at the time of cutting. It was found that at the time of pruning the following physical phenomenon occurs. The liquid near the trimmed end of the remaining stem is drawn into the plant’s evaporation system almost instantly and migrates through the evaporation system to the root system of the plant. This phenomenon has been named and is referred to here as the "Burch effect."

The discovery of the Burch effect has led to the development of a device and method, referred to herein as the “BURCH WET BLADE ^TM ” system (“Burch Wet Blade System”), which takes advantage of the Burch effect to minimize the amount of processing fluid required to process the vegetation and to maximize processing efficiency. In particular, the Burch’s “wetted blade” system does not use spreading of the treatment fluid, such as spraying or treating and spreading the treated cut-off residues over the surrounding earth with wind blasts. At least about 75-95% of the processing fluid that constantly enters the plants at the time of cutting is absorbed into the evaporation system of the remaining plant stems. Thus, unproductive flow of fluid, accidental ingress of fluid to other plants, as well as pollution of the surrounding soil and groundwater system are virtually eliminated.

 The Burch’s wetted blade system may be configured to be convenient with any device 40 having at least one cutting blade and a device for supplying a continuous flow of processing fluid to the bottom of the cutting blade. For example, the device 40 may be a push mower, a conventional electric lawn mower, a horse-driven lawn mower, a tractor with an engine, a trailed mower (with horizontally rotating blades) or a Betwing mower, header, hydraulic feller buncher, high-speed nozzle - a saw, a high-speed pruning shears, a knife plate, a multi-disc mower, a drum mower, a chain mower or a mower head attached to an articulated outrigger, if only The net is equipped with suitable means for supplying a continuous flow of the processing fluid to the trimmed vegetation. In addition to pruning and processing plants along alienation lanes and middle lanes and roadsides, there are many other tasks for the care of vegetation, such as agricultural, turf, decorative, forestry and water management, where the use of a non-spraying device and a method of cutting and processing vegetation is useful, profitable and practical, including the use of biological agents introduced directly into the internal evaporation system of plants in order to reduce the likelihood of substance Twas the environment and increase its effectiveness.

 For purposes of clarity, FIG. 1 a is a three-dimensional image of an electric lawn mower 41 equipped with a “wetted Burch” blade system. FIG. 1b is a three-dimensional view of a trailed mower 42 equipped with a “Burcha wetted blade system” and attached to a tractor 43. A trailed mower 42 is shown here only to illustrate preferred embodiments of a “Burcha wetted blade” system. As indicated above, the Burch’s wetted blade system can be used with any device 40 for cutting vegetation and simultaneously treating the trimmed vegetation with a processing fluid, as well as for many other vegetation care tasks.

 Figure 2 is a block diagram of the preferred components of the system "wet blades Burch". Preferably, the trailed mower 42 is powered by a conventional power take-off 44 of the tractor 43. The power take-off 44 is connected to the cutting blade drive 60, which drives the cutting and processing tool 90. The fluid reservoir 130 contains the treatment fluid in a plurality of tightly closed tanks, such as was described above. A pumping device 150 pumps the treatment fluid from the fluid reservoir 130 through the cutting blade drive 60 to the cutting and processing device 90. Flow control means 160 can be installed to measure the amount of processing liquid that is supplied by the pumping device 150 to the cutting and processing device 90. Piping device 190 provides a through passage for supplying the treatment fluid from the fluid reservoir 130 to the cutting and processing tool NIJ 90. The conduit is sufficiently small in diameter, so that the passage is constantly filled with treatment fluid regardless of the speed mower relative to the ground in normal operating conditions. Thus, the piping device 190 provides a continuous flow of the treatment fluid at a varying specific flow rate, whereby a constant volume of treatment fluid, usually measured in gallons / acre, is applied to the treatment area, while the fluid passage remains always full. In particular, the flow control means provides a continuous flow of the treatment fluid to the treatment area in an amount of less than 2.5 gallons / acre (about 30 l / ha), preferably 1.0-2.5 gallons / acre (about 12-30 l / ha ) Such a low flow rate of the treatment fluid is achieved due to the Burch effect and cannot be achieved using any other known plant fluid treatment systems.

 FIG. 3 is an enlarged three-dimensional image of a trailed mower 42. The trailed mower 42 may be any trailed mower. The trailed mower 42, which is shown in the drawing, is a model A-72 manufactured by Alamo Industrial of Seguin, Texas, modified for the equipment with the Burcha wetted blade system. The drive of the cutting blade 60 of the trailed mower 42 receives power from the power take-off 44 of the tractor 43. The power take-off 44 may include a rotary drive shaft (not shown) connected to the drive of the cutting blade 60, as will be described later, to rotate the cutting and processing device 90 at a speed at the end of the cutting blade of about 3600 to 5700 m / min. Thus, each cutting blade of the mower 42 can reach a speed of about 320 km per hour.

 The trailed mower 42 includes a deck of the mower 50 to which the drive of the cutting blade 60 and the body of the cutting and processing devices 90 are attached. The liquid reservoir 130 and the pumping device 150 are preferably mounted on the deck of the mower 50, but can also be mounted on the tractor 43. Flow control means 160 and the piping system 190 are mounted on the deck of the mower 50 and, if necessary, on the tractor 43. One end of the connecting system 45 is attached to the deck of the mower 50 and the other end to the tractor 43 so that the tractor can carry 42 and mower after each other.

 The deck of the mower 50 can be of any size and shape necessary for mounting the blade drive 60 and the body of the cutting and processing tool 90. As shown, the deck of the mower 50 includes a generally flat horizontal top surface 51, usually a flat horizontal lower surface 52 opposite the upper surface 51 , a pair of opposed, usually flat, ends 53 extending vertically downward from the upper surface 51, typically a flat front wall 54 extending vertically downward from the upper surface 51, and an arched rear a wall 55 extending vertically downward from the upper surface 51. The horizontal bottom surface 52 and the vertically arranged ends 53, the front wall 54 and the rear wall 55 form a one-piece housing covering the cutting and processing device 90. The rear wall 55 preferably includes a plurality of protective chains 56 for prevent large items, such as stones, from being thrown back from under the mower. A second plurality of guard chains 56 are suspended from the bottom surface 52 to prevent large objects from being thrown forward from under the mower.

 The deck of the mower 50 has a central hole 57 for receiving the drive of the cutting blade 60, as will be described later. At least one, and preferably two wheels 58 are attached to the upper surface 51 of the deck of the mower 50 to maintain the cutting blades of the mower 42 at a convenient height above the ground. The wheels 58 are preferably adjusted so that the elevation of the deck of the mower 50 and therefore the distance from the cutting blades to the ground can be changed. The deck of the mower 50, as previously described, is a conventional deck of a trailed mower and can be replaced by any other deck adapted to mount the cutting blade drive 60 and the body of the cutting and processing tool 90.

 The drive of the cutting blades 60 is attached to the upper surface 51 of the deck of the mower 50 at its central hole 57. On the upper surface 51 of the deck of the mower 50, a power device, such as a gasoline engine or hydraulic motor, can be installed to power the drive 60. However, as previously described, the drive 60 preferably receives power from the power take-off 44 of the tractor 43. FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the drive of the cutting blade 60 of the trailed mower 42. The drive 60 includes a bevel gear 61 for engagement with a drive gear (not shown) located at the end of the rotary drive shaft of the power take-off 44. The bevel gear 61, in turn, transmits torque from a rotating drive shaft of the power take-off box 44 to a drive shaft 62 mounted rotatably in the central hole 57 of the mower deck 50. The drive shaft 62 rotates at a speed determined by the number of revolutions in utu drive shaft rotational power take-off 44 (or hydraulic motor) and a gear ratio of the pinion 61 to bevel gear (or gear ratio hydraulic pump to the hydraulic motor).

 The drive housing of the cutting blades 63 is attached to the I-beam of stiffness 65 with small bolts 64 and is mounted on the upper surface 51 of the deck of the mower 50. The drive housing of the cutting blades 63 is equipped with a lower ball bearing 66 and an upper ball bearing 67 located inside the central hole 57 and allowing the drive to rotate freely the shaft 62. The upper end 68 of the drive shaft 62 has an external thread for screwing the hex nut 69 onto which the bevel gear 61 is fixed. The lower end 86 of the drive shaft 62 is it also has an external thread for screwing on the hex nut 89 to which the cutting and processing device 90 is attached, as will be described later. The drive of the cutting blade 60, as previously described, is a conventional drive of a trailed mower and can be replaced by any other conventional drive adapted to transmit torque to a rotating drive shaft 62 to drive the cutting and processing device 90.

 Most importantly, the hole 72, made in the base 73 of the drive housing of the cutting blades 63, is sectioned and threaded for screwing the sealed fluid fitting 74. The fitting 74 is adapted for fluid communication with the fluid reservoir 130, as will be described later. A round flange 75 is attached to the upper side of the base 73 of the housing 63 by bolts 64. The flange 75 includes an inner cylindrical wall with a radial groove. A bore 78 is drilled in the upper surface of the flange 75 opposite the hole 72 in the housing 63. The well 78 ends in a radial groove of the flange 75. The channel 79 at one end is closed by a headless screw 80 and continues inside the flange to the radial groove.

 The first radial channel 81 is formed in the drive shaft 62 opposite the radial groove of the flange 75. Round upper and lower gaskets 82, such as Federal Modul Part 62-85-8, form a tight seal between the flange 75 and the outer surface of the drive shaft 62, so that the channel 79 the flange 75 is in fluid communication with the channel 81 of the drive shaft 62. The channel 81 extends inward and terminates in a longitudinal axial channel 83 made in the drive shaft 62 and closed by a hermetically screwed headless screw 84. The second radial channel 85 made the drive shaft 62 extends outwardly from the axial passage 83 for communicating with cutting and treating means 90 as will be described hereinafter. The screw 84 is protected, for example, with a countersink, as shown in the drawing, from impacts against stationary obstacles and is removable, which makes it possible to clean the axial channel 83.

 FIG. 5a is a vertical projection and a partial section, and FIG. 5b is a top view of the cutting and processing device 90 of the trailed mower 42. The cutting and processing device 90 includes a blade holder 92 and at least one cutting blade unit 100. Preferably, as shown in the figures, the cutting and processing device 90 includes a pair of radially opposite cutting nodes blades 100. The blade holder 92 preferably includes an upper half 91 and a reverse, or mirror, lower half 93, hermetically attached to the upper half. The lower half 93 has a plurality of threaded holes for screwing in a plurality of hexagon socket head bolts securing the upper half 91 to the lower half 93. A suitable seal (not shown) may be used to seal the upper half 91 and the lower half 93. A central hole 94 is made in the center of the blade holder 92 through which the drive shaft 62 of the cutting blade 60 passes. In the blade holder 92 there is also a hole 95 through which at least one node of the cutting blade 100 passes near the edge of the blade holder that is farthest from the center.

 As best seen from FIG. 4, the lower end 86 of the drive shaft 62 included in the central hole 94 of the blade holder 92 has an external screw thread. The central hole 94 of the blade holder 92 has an internal, preferably screw thread, into which the lower threaded end 86 of the drive shaft 62 is screwed so that the blade holder is securely attached to the cutting blade drive 60. Between the shoulder 88 formed on the shaft and the upper half 91 of the blade holder 92, a circular spacer 87 is installed to separate the blade holder from the bottom surface 52 of the deck of the mower 50. The spacer 87 is made of hard, hard metal such as steel 5160, and the blade holder is made of a softer and more flexible metal for the purpose to be described later. The lock washer and hex lock nut 89 are screwed onto the lower end 86 of the drive shaft 62 to securely fasten the spacers 87 and blade holder 92 to the shoulder 88.

 In the upper half 91 and lower half 93 of the blade holder 92, a liquid chute 96 is made (Fig. 4), which extends outward from the central hole 94 towards the hole 95. The first annular pocket 97 is made in the middle of the central hole 94 near the second annular channel 85 of the drive shaft 62, so that the chute 96 is in fluid communication with the annular channel 85 when the shaft rotates the cutting and processing tool 90. The chute 96 ends in the second annular pocket 98 (Fig. 5c), made in the middle part from ERSTU 95 so that blade carrier 92 is in fluid communication with the through each of the shear blades 100 knots.

 As shown in FIG. 5c, the cutting blade assembly 100 includes a shaft 102 rotatably disposed in the hole 95, so that the cutting blade assembly can rotate relative to the blade holder 92 if the cutting blade 105 runs into a stationary obstacle, such as a stone. A hexagonal locknut is screwed onto the upper end 101 of the shaft 102 to allow removal and replacement of the cutting blade sleeve 104 mounted on the blade holder 92, as will be described later. The lower end 103 of the shaft 102 has an external screw thread for screwing the bushings of the cutting blade 104 onto it. The sleeve of the cutting blade 104 has an internal, preferably screw thread for screwing onto the screw threads of the lower end 103 of the shaft 102, so that the sleeve of the cutting blade 104 is rigidly attached to the assembly shaft cutting blade.

 The lower ball bearing 106 and the upper ball bearing 107 are installed by pressing fit into the hole 95 of the blade holder 92, allowing rotation of the shaft 102 and, therefore, the cutting blade assembly 100. The upper boss 108 is welded to the upper half 91 of the blade holder 92, and the lower boss 109 is welded to the lower half 93 of the blade holder 92 for securing the upper and lower bearings in the bore 95. The cutting blade assembly 100, as described previously, is a conventional trailer mower cutting blade assembly and can be replaced any cutting blade assembly adapted to fit at least one cutting blade 105 onto the blade holder 92 for cutting vegetation and treating the cut plants with a special liquid.

 A radial channel 110 is formed in the shaft 102 next to the annular pocket 98 of the blade holder 92. Round upper and lower gaskets 82, such as Federal Modul Part 62-85-8, form a tight seal between the pocket 98 and the outer surface of the shaft 102, so that the radial channel 110 of the shaft is in fluid fluid communication with the chute 96 of the blade holder 92. The radial channel 110 extends inward and terminates in a longitudinal axial channel 111 formed in the shaft 102 and sealed by a sealed plug 112, which is welded to the lower surface of the sleeve of the cutting blade 104. aglushka 112 has a step forming a fluid reservoir between one-half the lower surface of the lower end 103 of the shaft 102, and half of the upper surface of the plug.

 Channel 113 is formed in the sleeve of the cutting blade 104 and is hermetically sealed with a screw without a head 114 from the side opposite to the cutting blade 105. The channel 113 extends outward from the fluid reservoir towards the cutting blade 105 and ends at a small gap 115 between the sleeve of the cutting blade 104 and the lower surface 116 cutting blades. The gap 115 preferably has a width in the range of 0.6-2.5 cm, and more preferably about 1.2 cm. It has been found that the width of the gap 115 is important for the functioning of the Burch's Wet Blade system. If the gap 115 is too wide (i.e. wider than 2.5 cm), then there is insufficient capillary attraction of the treatment fluid to the bottom surface 116 of the cutting blade 105 to maintain a continuous flow of the treatment fluid. If the gap 115 is too narrow (i.e., already 0.6 cm), then the droplets of the treatment fluid leaving the channel 113 do not thin out, and the capillary attraction may not be sufficient to maintain a continuous flow of the treatment fluid on the bottom surface 116 of the cutting blade 105. Therefore, the treatment fluid can spill and pollute the surrounding soil and the underground water system. Channel 113 may also be provided with a screw thread to impart a slight swirl to the jet of processing fluid exiting the channel. It is assumed that the swirling of the jet improves the capillary attraction of the continuous flow of the processing fluid to the lower surface of the cutting blade by preventing the radial propagation of droplets in the gap 115.

 FIG. 6a is a vertical projection and a partial section, and FIG. 6b is a plan view of an alternative embodiment of the cutting and processing device 90 of the trailed mower 42. The cutting and processing device 90 includes a blade disc holder 122 and four orthogonally located cutting blade assemblies 100. The blade blade holder 122 preferably includes an upper half 121 attached to the lower half 123 as previously described and shown in partial section of FIG. 6a. However, a second radial channel may be located above the upper surface of the blade disk holder 122, formed in the drive shaft 62 for communication with a pipe 124 located between the second radial channel and the axial channel 111 of the shaft 102, as previously described, as shown in FIG. 6c. When conduit 124 or any other fluid conduit is placed above the blade disc holder 122 and below the mower deck 50, a circular shield 125 is preferably suspended vertically downward from the bottom surface 52 of the mower deck to prevent impact and damage to the conduit 124 by large objects such as stones.

FIG. 7 is a three-dimensional view of a fluid container 130 of a trailed mower 42. A fluid container 130 includes at least one fluid reservoir 132, referred to herein as FLO-THRU CELL ^TM Burcha, made from UV-resistant material such as polyurethane, polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic. Preferably, as shown, the fluid receptacle 130 includes a plurality of FLO-THRU CELL ^TM 132 reservoirs, removably folded and supported on the upper surface 51 of the deck of the mower 50 between the uprights 59. The horizontal movement of the reservoirs 132 is limited by the uprights 59, and the vertical movement of the reservoirs 132 may be limited to a belt (not shown) that spans folded tanks and is connected to a base. The FLO-THRU CELL ^TM 132 tank can be filled with the processing fluid elsewhere and then delivered to the workplace to prevent spillage and environmental pollution at the place of use. Tanks 132 may also be filled under vacuum and sealed to maintain fluid properties. Thus, the FLO-THRU CELL ^TM tanks are an environmentally friendly and efficient means of providing the mower 42 with processing fluid. It should be noted that the fluid container 130 may contain one or more FLO-THRU CELL ^TM Burch tanks filled with a treatment fluid, and a separate fluid tank containing an inert solution (e.g., water) for mixing with the treatment fluid. Preferably, the treatment fluid and the inert solution are mixed, for example, in the injection mixing chamber at the workplace during use. Thus, the concentration of the mixture can vary, and in this case, fewer FLO-THRU CELL ^TM tanks can be stored and transported to the workplace.

FIG. 8 is a three-dimensional image. FIG. 9 is a side view, and FIG. 10 is an end view of a FLO-THRU CELL ^TM 132 reservoir of a fluid reservoir 130 of a trailed mower 42. Each reservoir 132 includes an upper wall 133, side walls 134, a front end wall 135, a rear end wall 136, and a lower wall 137. Each reservoir 132 has an inlet 138 and an outlet 139. As shown in Figure 10a, each inlet port 138 comprises a female portion 140 of dual shutoff fitting 141, such as a Parker POLY-TITE ^® fitting part 398PD production of Parker Hannifin Corporation, Otsego Michigan corresponding male part 142 fittings. The male portion 142 of the fitting includes a spring-loaded clamping lever so that the fitting 141 is easily detached to replace an empty FLO-THRU CELL ^TM 132. The first piece of flexible pipe extends externally from the lowest tank 132 and is connected to the second piece of flexible pipe by a Parker POLY adapter fitting. -TITE ^® through the wall of the housing of the pumping device 150. The second segment of the flexible pipe passes through the pumping device 150 and ends at the fitting mounted on the housing 63 of the drive of the cutting blade 60.

As shown in FIG. 10, the in-line filter and the cap of the vent valve 145 allow ambient air to enter the reservoir 132 so that there is no partial negative pressure that impedes the flow of the treatment fluid when it is pumped out of the reservoir by a pumping device. In addition, each FLO-THRU CELL ^TM 132 tank has recessed handles 142 located on the front end wall 135 and the rear end wall 136 to facilitate transfer of filled tanks. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 9, the bottom wall 137 of the tank 132 includes a guide 152 and soles 154. The guide 152 slides along the groove 153 of the upper wall 133 of the lower tank 132 and thus virtually eliminates lateral shear of the folded FLO-THRU CELL ^TM 132. tanks in addition, soles 154 enter recesses 131 on the upper surface 133, which minimizes the relative movement of adjacent reservoirs 132.

If a small area is to be treated and therefore a relatively small amount of processing liquid is required for application to the cut plants, a separate FLO-THRU CELL ^TM 132 tank can be used. A separate tank 132 can also be used if a certain number of tanks are needed in this area FLO-THRU CELL ^TM containing the same fluid, or if you want to use different processing fluids in the same area. For example, the first FLO-THRU CELL ^TM tank filled with liquid anti-Rosicidal herbicide can be used to simultaneously apply anti-Rosicidal herbicide to the remaining plant stems at the time of pruning. After that, the FLO-THRU CELL ^TM tank containing the herbicide can be removed and replaced with a second FLO-THRU CELL ^TM tank containing the disinfectant solution for flushing the piping system 190. Then, the FLO-THRU CELL ^TM tank containing the disinfectant solution can be removed and reservoir replaced third FLO-THRU CELL ^TM, a liquid containing a fungicide. The height of the cutting blade above the ground is reduced so that the remaining stems can be cut again, and the fungicide is applied to the newly cut plants.

However, it is preferable to use at least two FLO-THRU CELL ^TM 132 tanks so that the level of the processing fluid does not fall below the level of the outlet 139 of the lowest tank, regardless of the orientation of the cutting blades of the mower relative to the FLO-THRU CELL ^TM 132. The use of multiple FLO- tanks THRU CELL ^TM 132 allows you to process at a time such an area that would be too large for safe processing with a single tank. In addition, the use of multiple FLO-THRU CELL ^TM 132 tanks makes it possible to process a large area at a time without repeatedly interrupting the cutting and processing operations to fill one large liquid tank. Instead, the upper FLO-THRU CELL ^TM 132 tanks can be easily removed and replaced with new ones that are pre-filled.

The pumping device 150 (Fig. 3) injects the treatment fluid from the fluid reservoir 130 into the drive of the cutting blades 60, so that the flow of the treatment fluid continuously enters the evaporation system of the remaining stems of the trimmed plants at the time of cutting. Pump device 150 includes any type of variable power pump for pumping widely varying amounts of process fluid depending on the speed of the mower relative to the surface of the earth, as will be described later. However, it is preferable that the pumping device 150 be a peristaltic pump, for example, manufactured by TAT Engineering of Branford, Connecticut, which pumps the processing fluid through the piping system 190 by means of compression waves at a pressure of about 0.7 n / cm ² generated mechanically by means of a roller system compressing the flexible tube in which the processing fluid is located.

 FIG. 11 is a three-dimensional view of preferred components of flow control means 160, and FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing communications of preferred components in flow control means. The means for regulating the flow 160 include an adjusting unit 162, which preferably receives power from a power source located on the tractor 43, such as a 12-volt battery 161. The adjusting unit 162 is electrically connected to a ground speed sensing device 164, preferably located on the rear axle 163 of the tractor 43 at each wheel 165. As shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, the determination device 164 includes a cup-shaped flange carrier 166 having a hole structure due to openings 167 for high entry the ups of the bridge 163. The flange carrier 166 is located above the outer end of the bridge 163 and extends inward so that the radially outwardly extending flange 168 of the flange carrier 166 is adjacent to the adjustable touch device 170 attached to the bridge 163. The touch device 170 is usually located inside a removable housing (not shown) that protects the sensing element 171 from particulate matter that may strike the bridge 163.

 The flange 168 is preferably made of ferrous metal and includes a predetermined set of radial teeth 172, placed separately from each other around the perimeter of the flange. The sensing element 171 may be any electronic sensing element (for example, inductive, magnetic or optical) that generates an electrical signal proportionally to the angular velocity of the flange carrier 166 and therefore the speed of the wheel 165 of the tractor 43. A sensing element that is capable of functioning can also be used. in a viscous fluid, for example in oil; in this case, the sensor is mounted in the rear axle gearbox or in the speedometer cable attached to the rear axle of the tractor. Preferably, a speed determining device relative to the ground 164 is attached to each wheel 165 of the tractor 43, and the electric signal from each determination device is supplied to the adjustment unit 162. An electrical signal corresponding to the largest speed value is selected, or the signals from both speed determining devices 164 are added and averaged, or the signals from both speed determination devices 164 are added, averaged, and the average value is multiplied by a correction factor, and thus determined The most accurate value of the speed of the trailed mower 42 relative to the ground is given.

 FIG. 14 is a front view of the control unit 162 manufactured by ESSCO, Inc. Greensboro, Northern California, flow control means 160. The control unit 162 includes a power switch 173 for supplying power to the control unit 162 from the 12-volt battery 161 of the tractor 43. The switch 173 is preferably a combination of a 12 V to 24 V DC converter and a stabilizer 24 V of a direct current. The control unit 162 also includes a programmable operator interface, such as a Mitsubishi MTA-10 processor 174, for processing preliminary data provided by the operator, such as the width of the cutting area performed by the cutting and processing tool 90 and the amount of processing fluid required to be applied to the treated area, and also electrical signals from speed sensing devices 164. Processor 174 preferably includes an information screen and a keyboard 175 for scrolling the command line while called on the screen, and for editing preliminary data used by the processor 174 to determine the speed of the mower 42 relative to the ground.

 The control unit 162 also includes a toggle switch 176 for turning on the pumping device 150 and a bypass toggle switch 177 for working bypassing the pumping device, for example, if it is necessary to move the tractor 43 without supplying liquid to the vegetation. In addition, the adjusting unit 162 includes a green diode lamp (DL) 178 indicating that the pumping device 150 is turned on and working (for example, while the tractor 43 is moving, or when a bypass device is used to flush the processing fluid from the pipe system 190), and a red one DL 179, showing that the pumping device 150 is turned on but not working (for example, when the tractor 43 is not moving).

 The adjusting unit is preferably also electrically connected to a stepper DC motor 180, which drives the peristaltic pump of the pumping device 150. The processor 174 transmits an electric signal to the stepper motor 180 proportional to the measured speed of the mower 42 relative to the ground, and the stepper motor 180 drives the peristaltic pump with a high increment, so that a controlled amount of liquid processing is applied to the vegetation by cutting and processing device 90 STI The stepper motor 180 is preferably a 250-step linear motor, for example, manufactured by Intelligent Motions Systems Inc., Brandford, Connecticut. The output shaft of the stepper motor 180 is attached to the first pulley 181, which drives the second pulley 182 attached to the output shaft of the peristaltic pump of the pumping device 150. The gear ratio of the first pulley 181 to the second pulley 182 can be any, but preferably 1.0 / 1, 5, so that the maximum speed of the peristaltic pump is not reached.

 The control unit 162 may also include a global positioning satellite (GPS) transceiver 184 for communicating with a remote base via satellite. The transceiver 184 receives and transmits data regarding the location of the tractor 43 and the mower 42 as the vegetation is treated with the treatment fluid. Thus, a permanent recording of the coordinates of the cultivated area can be carried out, used, for example, in the proceedings of farmers and landowners who are adjacent to exclusion lanes or highways about pollution of their land with toxic substances.

 In an alternative embodiment, the ground speed sensing device 164 may be mechanically connected to the pumping device 150. For example, the flange carrier 166 may include an asterisk instead of the flange 168, and the sensing element 171 may be mechanically engaged with the radial teeth 172 of the sprocket to actuate a peristaltic pump of the pumping device 150. The pumping device 150 can be directly driven by the sensing element 171 or can be started by timid transmissions of any type, which converts the sensor output so as not to give the maximum speed of the peristaltic pump.

The piping system 190 provides a through fluid passage between the fluid reservoir 130 and the cutting and processing device 90. The piping system 190 delivers the processing fluid to the lower surface of the cutting blade, so that the flow of the processing fluid constantly flows to the plants at the time of cutting. The piping system 190 preferably includes a flexible pipe 191 made, for example, of soft polyvinyl chloride (PVC), which extends from the lowest reservoir FLO-THRU CELL ^TM 132 through the rollers of the peristaltic pump of the pumping device 150 to the airtight fitting 74 located on the outside of the shear actuator housing 63 blades 60. The pipe system 190 also includes a well 78; a radial channel 79 and a radial groove made in the flange 75; radial channel 81, axial channel 83 and radial channel 85, made in the drive shaft 62; a first annular pocket 97, a fluid chute 96, and a second annular pocket 98 formed in the blade holder 92; a radial channel 110 and an axial channel 111 formed in the shaft 102 of the cutting blade assembly 100; a radial channel 113 formed in the sleeve of the cutting blade 104. The pipe system 190 ends with a gap 115 on the lower surface 116 of the cutting blade.

It is assumed that the continuous flow of the treatment fluid at the time of cutting the vegetation is critical to the efficiency of the treatment. The combination of capillary attraction at the bottom of the cutting blade and swirling of the treatment fluid ensures that the treatment fluid always enters the vaporization system of the remaining plant stems at the time of cutting, regardless of the speed of rotation of the cutting blade, the speed of the mower relative to the ground or the orientation of the cutting blade relative to the FLO-THRU tank CELL ^TM . Thus, all the processing fluid is absorbed into the plant’s vaporization system when they fall under the cutting blade, and do not enter the soil and crop clippings.

FIG. 16 is a diagram of preferred components of the electric lawn mower shown in FIG. 1 a. The electric lawn mower 41 preferably includes a fluid receptacle 230, flow control means 260, and a pump device 250, conceptually the same as the previously described fluid receptacle 130, flow control means 160, and a pump device 150, respectively. The main difference is that the components of the electric lawn mower 41 are scaled in relation to the size and power of the mower. In addition, a filter 200, such as a gasoline inlet filter, can be integrated in front of the pumping device 250 to filter out solid particles from the treatment fluid before it is introduced into the cutting blade drive 210. The cutting blade drive 210 is conceptually the same as the previously described cutting blade drive 60 but also includes a collector 220, here called WET BAR ^TM (wet beam) Burch.

A typical electric lawn mower blade 211 is made of soft metal, has a relatively small thickness, and ranges from 46 to 78 inches in length. Thus, as shown by the dotted line in FIG. 16, the blade 211 can be bent relative to the drive of the cutting blade 210, so that the tip 212 of the blade 211 can tilt upward when the blade hits a fixed obstacle. Accordingly, if the blade 211 is equipped with a solid liquid conduit protruding outward from the drive shaft of the drive of the cutting blade 210, then the pipe may become deformed when the blade is bent. WET BAR ^™ Burcha allows the use of a “wetted Burcha” system on electric lawn mowers with flexible cutting blades.

FIG. 17a is a three-dimensional image of a WET BAR ^™ Burch 220 attached to a drive of a cutting blade 210 of an electric lawn mower 41, and FIG. 18 is a top view of the center portion of the WET BAR ^TM Burch, shown in FIG. WET BAR ^TM 220 includes a fluid conduit 221 that is in fluid communication with a fluid reservoir 230 as previously described. In accordance with this, a continuous flow of the processing fluid is supplied to the lower surface of the blade 221 and is continuously applied to the vegetation at the time of its cutting. Fig.17b is a three-dimensional image of an alternative embodiment of the WET BAR ^TM 220. In this embodiment, the solid liquid pipe 221 is placed in the longitudinal channel 222, made in the upper plane of the WET BAR ^TM 220, and welded to the WET BAR ^TM 220 in the usual way. In another preferred embodiment, instead of a thin blade 211, a thicker WET BAR ^TM 220 may be used for the respective application.

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FIG. 19 and 20 are cross-sectional views of alternative embodiments of a cutting blade drive portion 360 and a portion of the cutting and processing tool 350 of the mower of the invention. The treatment fluid passes through a cap 310 that covers one end of the drive shaft 320 of the cutting blade 360 drive. The cap 310 can be any stationary cap that allows the transfer of the treatment fluid to an axial channel formed in the rotating drive shaft 320. However, it is preferable that the cap 310 is a two-piece pivot or ball joint. In the embodiment of FIG. 19, the treatment fluid is transferred to the blade holder 340 as previously described in accordance with FIG. 6. In the embodiment of FIG. 20, the treatment fluid is transferred to the blade holder 340 as previously described in accordance with FIG. 6a.

 FIG. 21 is a three-dimensional view of the hydraulic feller buncher of the invention, attached to a tractor front extension bar. Feller bunchers are used in forestry and alienation lanes. The feller buncher 400 of FIG. 21 is a large set of equipment with sufficient power for felling trees.

 FIG. 22 is a three-dimensional image of the high speed saw nozzle of the invention adapted for use on the hydraulic feller buncher of FIG. Equipped with a high-speed saw nozzle 402, the feller buncher of Fig. 22 works like a chain saw, but in this case, the liquid is delivered to the bottom of the cutting blade, or saw-saw, before being cut to facilitate the flow of fluid directly into the vascular system of the treated plant or wood.

 FIG. 23 is a three-dimensional image of the high-speed secateurs according to the invention adapted for use on the hydraulic feller buncher of FIG. Equipped with a high-speed nozzle-secateurs 404 feller buncher of Fig.23 delivers the processing fluid to the lower part of the cutting blade, or nozzle secateurs, before cutting, facilitating the flow of fluid directly into the vascular system of the treated plant or tree.

 FIG. 24 is a partial sectional view of a portion of a liquid line of a vegetation pruning and processing apparatus according to the invention shown in FIG. 25-32. Cutting mechanisms other than the mechanism of rotary mowers, for example, a drum, a chain plate, cutting devices with a disk and knife plates, require an adjustable fluid supply to the corresponding cutting edges at the corresponding time. Pulse hermetic fluid supply device with a hollow shaft 406 (Fig.24) contains a ball-bearing assembly and enables a synchronized controlled fluid supply. Pulse hermetic fluid supply device with a hollow shaft 406 includes a hollow stationary shaft 408, mounted in the center by a press fit. Around shaft 408 is an inner bearing race 410 in contact with balls 412 housed in a seal 414 inside the outer race 416. The hollow rotary shaft 418 is in sliding contact with the outer race 416. The rotary shaft 418 is provided with hollow spokes 420 that communicate with the fitting 422, having a nipple 424 for coupling with the pipe 426. In the fixed shaft 408 there is at least one hole or slot 428 allowing fluid to flow from the fixed shaft 408 into the hollow spoke 420. During the main part of the rotational cycle the fluid in the system remains stationary, starting from the hollow spokes 420 almost to the outlet located separately from the blade. When the slot 428 aligns with the hollow spoke 420, an additional amount of fluid is ejected by the system, whereby the fluid enters the lower cutting edge of the blade. In this embodiment, when used in chain and drum mowers, the external fittings rotate.

 An alternative pulsed hermetic fluid supply device with a hollow shaft 429 may also be configured with a hollow rotating shaft 430 in the center (FIG. 33). Around shaft 430 is an inner bearing race 431 in contact with balls 412 housed in a seal 414 inside an outer race 432 secured by a press fit. The fixed shaft 433 is in fixed contact with the outer race 432. The fixed shaft 433 is provided with hollow spokes 420, which are in communication with a fitting 422 having a nipple 424 for coupling with the pipe 426. At least one opening or slot 428 is allowed in the rotating shaft 430 to allow flow fluid from the rotary shaft 430 to the hollow spoke 420. During the main part of the rotational cycle, the fluid in the system remains stationary, starting from the hollow spoke 420 almost to the outlet located separately from the blade. When the slot 428 aligns with the hollow spoke 420, an additional amount of fluid is ejected by the system, whereby the fluid enters the lower cutting edge of the blade. In this embodiment, the external fittings are fixed, and such a device can be used as a synchronized distributor for cutting systems with a knife plate.

 FIG. 25 is a plan view of a knife blade of the invention. The knife-type mower 440 has shields 442 and a plate 444 moving reciprocatingly (FIG. 25). A number of blades 446 are attached to the plate 444.

 FIG. 26 is an end view of the blade of FIG. 25. To protect the plate 448 (FIG. 26), shields 442 are provided. In the nest inside the shields 442, a knife plate 450 manifold is provided comprising a feed pipe 452 that can be welded. It provides a fluid supply through the outlet 454 in the pipe 452. The fluid is supplied from a synchronized distributor, which is a pulse hermetic fluid supply device with a hollow shaft 429, connected for communication through the pipe 452.

 Fig is a top view of a multi-disc mower according to the invention. A disc type mower 460 (FIG. 27) uses a series of cutting discs 462. In this apparatus, disc blades 464 protrude from the apparatus in its front portion 466.

 FIG. 28 is a side view of one of the discs of the multi-disc mower of FIG. 27. The fluid supply device can be almost identical to the rotary mower feed device when using the elongated fluid supply element 468 (FIG. 28), the wetting blade 464 of the disc mower. Alternatively, the disc mower may use a sealed hollow shaft fluid supply 406 to effect synchronized discharges of the treatment fluid onto the blade blades.

 FIG. 29 is a side view of a drum mower of the invention. Drum mower 480 (FIG. 29) using the sealed fluid supply device with the hollow shaft 406 described above to supply fluid to the lower cutting edges 482 of the rotating blades 484. This device uses a central shaft 486 having the design of the fluid supply device 406. To the bridge 486, spokes 488 supporting the blades are attached, as well as a pipe 426 that allows fluid to flow from the bridge to the blade. The interactions between the rotating blades 484 and the fixed blade or anvil 490 affect both the cutting of vegetation and the supply of processing fluid directly to the vascular system of plants. Roller 494 provides movement above the ground 496 and freshly cut plants 498. In this system, the pulses of the treatment fluid are synchronized so that the fluid is ejected immediately before the blade contacts the vegetation. Like a rotary mower, this device can be connected to a speed controller relative to the ground, which controls the amount of fluid passing through the system in a certain amount of time.

 FIG. 30 is an enlarged view of the anvil of the drum mower of FIG. 29. This is an alternative drum mower that instead of a sealed hollow shaft fluid supply 406 uses a standard, “non-wet” drum and a wet fixed blade or anvil 490. The fixed blade or anvil 490 has a grooved groove 502 in which a fluid supply pipe is welded 504. The fluid supply pipe 504 has a continuous slit outlet 506 or a porous metal or plastic tubing. This system is connected to a speed controller relative to the ground, which controls the release of fluid based on the speed of the device.

 FIG. 31 is a side view of a chain mower of the invention. The chain-type mower (Fig. 31) includes a central shaft 522 (Fig. 32), designed as a pulsed hermetic fluid supply device with a hollow shaft 406 and provided with blades 524 and rods 526 for supplying fluid. The roller 494, spaced from the blades 524, determines their position relative to the ground. Liquid is supplied to each feed rod 526 through a pulsed sealed fluid supply device with a hollow shaft 406 (FIG. 24), which enables a synchronized, controlled supply of fluids. Fluid is supplied to the cutting edge 528 just prior to pruning to allow fluid to flow directly into the vascular system of the plants. The blades are arranged in a zigzag pattern, which provides uniform cutting along the entire width of the drive shaft 522. This system can be connected to a speed controller relative to the ground, which controls the release of fluid based on the speed of the device.

 FIG. 32 is a plan view of the chain mower of FIG. 31 and shows the spatial relative position of the blades 524, the fluid supply rods 526, and the drive shaft 522.

 FIG. 33 is a partial sectional view of an alternative embodiment of a portion of a liquid pipe of a vegetation pruning and treatment device of the invention shown in FIGS. 25-32. In this embodiment, the hollow central shaft 430 rotates, and the outer fixed shaft 433, hollow spokes 420, fittings 422, and nipple 424 remain stationary.

 It should be understood that the above description and individual embodiments only illustrate the best way to implement the invention and its principles, and that an experienced specialist can make various modifications of the device that correspond to the general meaning of the invention and do not go beyond the scope of the invention, which is limited only by the following the claims.

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 1. A device for trimming vegetation and treating trimmed plants with a treatment fluid, comprising at least one shearing blade, a container for the treating liquid, said container being in fluid communication with said at least one shearing blade, a piping system providing fluid passage for supplying the treatment fluid in a continuous stream from said container to the lower surface of said at least one shearing blade, so that the processing I fluid continuously flows into the slices of the cut plants at the time of their cutting.  2. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a pumping device for pumping the treatment fluid from said container to said at least one cutting blade and flow control means connected to said pumping device to measure the amount of treatment fluid supplied to said at least one cutting blade through said pipe system.  3. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a mower, comprising a generally flat mower deck, a cutting blade drive mounted rotatably on said mower deck, and a blade holder attached to said cutting blade drive, wherein said at least one cutting blade the blade is rotatably mounted on said blade holder.  4. The device according to claim 3, also including a pumping device for pumping the processing fluid from said container to said at least one cutting blade, and flow control means connected to said pumping device to measure the amount of processing fluid supplied to said at least one shearing blade through said pipe system.  5. The device according to claim 4, in which said means of regulating the flow also include a device for determining speed relative to the ground for determining speed relative to the ground of said mower.  6. The device according to claim 5, in which said device for determining speed relative to the ground includes a cup-shaped gear carrier comprising an sprocket having a plurality of radial teeth, and a mechanical sensor device for engaging the teeth of said sprocket, said sensor device being mechanically connected to said pumping device.  7. The device according to claim 5, wherein said device for determining speed relative to the ground includes a cup-shaped flange carrier including a flange having a plurality of radial teeth, and an electric sensor device for determining the angular velocity of the teeth of said flange, wherein the speed determination device is electrically connected to said pump device.  8. The device according to claim 7, in which said flange of said flange carrier is made of ferrous metal, and said electric sensor device includes an inductive sensing element that determines the rate of fluctuation of the induction measured by said sensing element.  9. The device according to claim 7, in which at least one bridge of the mower includes a rotating shaft and a housing, and in which said flange carrier is mounted on a rotating shaft of at least one bridge of the mower, and said sensing element is attached to the housing of at least one mower bridge.  10. The device according to claim 5, wherein said device for determining speed relative to the ground is adjacent to the wheel of said mower.  11. The device according to claim 5, in which said mower includes several wheels and said device for determining speed relative to the ground is adjacent to each of said wheels of said mower.  12. The device according to claim 5, in which said means of regulating the flow also include an adjustment unit electrically connected to said device for determining the speed relative to the ground for processing preliminary input data and an electrical signal generated by the said device for determining speed relative to the ground, in order to determine the amount of processing liquid to be delivered to said at least one shearing blade from said liquid container.  13. The device according to p. 12, in which said adjustment unit is electrically connected to said pumping device and said adjustment unit generates an electrical signal for regulating the operation of the pumping device.  14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein said flow control means also includes a stepper drive motor and in which said control unit is electrically connected to said stepper drive motor and generates an electrical signal for controlling the operation of said stepper drive motor.  15. The device of claim 14, wherein said step drive motor is mechanically coupled to said pump device for driving said pump device.  16. The device according to claim 12, wherein said adjusting unit includes a global positioning satellite (GPS) transceiver for transmitting location data of said mower when the treatment fluid is supplied to said at least one shearing blade from said fluid receptacle.  17. The device according to p. 12, in which the said regulatory node also includes a DC voltage Converter and a DC voltage stabilizer.  18. The device according to p. 12, in which said adjusting unit also includes a toggle switch for turning on said pumping device and a bypass toggle switch for operating bypassing said pumping device.  19. The device according to claim 3, in which the aforementioned cutting blade drive receives power by taking power from the tractor.  20. The device according to p. 19, in which the said cutting blade drive includes a bevel gear for engaging with a rotating drive shaft of the tractor power take-off box.  21. The device according to claim 3, in which said deck of the mower has a Central hole, and said drive of the cutting blade has a drive shaft, which is rotatably included in the Central hole of the said deck of the mower.  22. The device according to claim 21, wherein said cutting blade drive also includes a housing attached to said mower deck and having a central hole, a circular lower bearing and an upper bearing, said lower bearing and said upper bearing located inside a central hole made in said case.  23. The device according to claim 22, wherein said drive shaft of said cutting blade drive is rotatably disposed between said lower bearing and upper bearing so that said drive shaft rotates freely with respect to said housing and said mower deck.  24. The device according to claim 23, wherein said drive shaft of said cutting blade drive has an upper end and a lower end, said upper end of said drive shaft has an external thread corresponding to a hex nut screwed to fasten said lower bearing and said upper bearing to said drive shaft.  25. The device according to claim 24, wherein said lower end of the drive shaft has an external thread corresponding to a hex nut screwed to fasten said blade holder to said cutting blade drive.  26. The device according to p. 22, in which said body of said cutting blade drive has a threaded hole for screwing in a sealed fitting that is in fluid communication with said fluid reservoir.  27. The device according to p. 26, in which the said cutting blade drive also includes a round flange attached to the lower surface of the said housing, and said flange includes a middle wall in which an annular pocket is made.  28. The device according to p. 27, in which said flange also includes a top surface in which a well is made opposite the hole in said body, a well made in the upper surface of said flange ends in a radial channel made in said flange, with one end of said the channel is closed by a hermetically screwed headless screw, and an annular pocket, also made in the said flange, is adjacent to the open end of the said channel.  29. The device according to p. 28, in which said drive shaft of said cutting blade drive has a first radial channel made in it and adjacent to said pocket made in said flange.  30. The device of claim 29, wherein said cutting blade drive also includes a circular upper gasket and a circular lower gasket, said upper and lower gaskets adjoining said pocket formed in said flange to form a tight seal between said pocket and the outer surface of said a drive shaft, such that said channel formed in said flange is in fluid communication with said first channel of said drive shaft, said lane the first channel of said drive shaft ends in a longitudinal axial channel made in said drive shaft and having one end closed by a hermetically screwed headless screw, said drive shaft has a second radial channel made in the drive shaft and extending outward from said axial channel to said holder blades.  31. The device according to claim 3, in which said blade holder has a central hole for said cutting blade drive and at least one hole offset outward from the central hole, said blade holder also including a groove formed therein and extending between a central hole and at least one hole offset outward from the central hole.  32. The device according to p. 31, in which said blade holder comprises an elongated plate comprising an upper half attached to the lower half, said at least one hole offset outward from the center hole located at the opposite end of said plate and accommodates said at least one blade.  33. The device according to p. 31, in which said blade holder contains a disk, said at least one hole offset outward from the center hole, is located at the outer edge of said disk and accommodates said at least one blade.  34. The device according to p. 33, in which said disk has a plurality of holes displaced outward from the central hole and located at the outer edge of said disk, each hole containing at least one of said blades.  35. The device according to p. 31, in which the said blade holder contains an annular pocket made in the Central hole and adjacent to the said groove, so that the said groove is in fluid communication with the aforementioned drive cutting blades.  36. The device according to p. 31, in which said trough of said blade holder ends in a second annular pocket made in an opening offset outward from the central hole, so that said blade holder is in fluid communication with the cutting blade.  37. The device according to p. 31, in which the said at least one cutting blade includes a shaft mounted to rotate in at least one hole offset outward from the Central hole, so that the aforementioned at least one cutting blade can rotate relative to said blade holder.  38. The device according to claim 37, wherein said at least one shearing blade also includes a shearing blade sleeve, and said shaft has an upper end and a lower end, a hexagonal lock nut being screwed onto said upper end of said shaft for removal and replacement on said to the shaft of said cutting blade sleeve, said lower end of said shaft has an external thread, and said cutting blade sleeve has an internal thread, so that when screwing an internal thread onto said external sleeve the cutting blade was tightly fixed to the shaft.  39. The device according to p. 37, in which the said at least one shearing blade also includes a lower bearing and an upper bearing installed by pressing fit into at least one hole of said blade holder, allowing said shaft to be rotated of at least one cutting blade.  40. The device according to p. 37, in which said shaft of said at least one cutting blade has a radial channel made in the shaft and adjacent to said annular channel of said blade holder, said radial channel extending from said pocket inward and ending in a longitudinal an axial channel made in said shaft and closed by a sealed plug welded to the lower surface of said cutting blade sleeve.  41. The device according to p. 40, in which the said at least one blade also includes a circular upper gasket and a circular lower gasket placed on said shaft and adjacent to said pocket of said blade holder and to said radial channel of said shaft with formation of a tight seal between said pocket and the outer surface of said shaft, so that said radial channel of said shaft is in fluid communication with said trough of said blade holder.  42. The device according to p. 40, in which the said cutting blade sleeve has a channel closed at one end with a headless hermetic screw, said channel extending outward from said axial channel and ending at an opening adjacent to a gap between said cutting blade sleeve and a lower the surface of said at least one shearing blade.  43. The device according to p. 42, in which the gap between the said sleeve of the cutting blade and the lower surface of the aforementioned at least one cutting blade has a width in the range of 0.6-2.5 cm  44. The device according to p. 42, in which the gap between the said sleeve of the cutting blade and the lower surface of the aforementioned at least one cutting blade has a width of about 1.2 cm  45. The device according to p. 42, in which said channel of said bushing of a cutting blade is provided with a screw thread to create a small swirl of the processing fluid exiting the channel.  46. The device according to claim 4, wherein said pumping device includes a variable power pump for pumping varying amounts of processing fluid through said pipeline system depending on the speed of said mower relative to the ground.  47. The device according to p. 46, wherein said pumping device includes a peristaltic pump that pumps the treatment fluid through said pipeline system by means of compression waves generated by a system of rollers that compress the pipeline system containing the treatment fluid.  48. The device according to claim 4, wherein said pipeline system includes a flexible pipe that extends outward from said fluid reservoir and passes through said pumping device to said cutting blade drive.  49. The device according to claim 48, wherein said cutting blade drive includes a housing and a drive shaft, said at least one cutting blade includes a shaft and a cutting blade sleeve, said piping system also includes a borehole, a radial channel and an annular pocket said casing of said cutting blade drive, a first radial channel, an axial channel and a second radial channel, made in said casing of said cutting blade drive; a first annular pocket, a liquid chute, and a second annular pocket made in said blade holder, a radial channel and an axial channel made in said shaft of said at least one shearing blade, and a channel made in said shear blade sleeve of said at least one cutting blade.  50. The device according to p. 49, in which the aforementioned pipeline system ends at a gap opposite the bottom surface of the aforementioned at least one cutting blade.  51. The device according to claim 3, in which the said mower is selected from the group including a push-pull lawn mower, a conventional electric lawn mower, a horse-driven lawn mower, a tractor with an engine, a trailed mower (with horizontally rotating blades), a bewing mower, header, hydraulic feller buncher, high-speed nozzle - saw, high-speed nozzle - pruner, knife plate, multi-disc mower, drum mower, chain mower or mower head attached to the articulated portable barbell.  52. The device according to claim 4, wherein said mower is a trailed mower with horizontally rotating blades attached to the rear of the tractor, and said flow control means are connected to the rear axle of the tractor.  53. The device according to claim 2, in which said pipeline system also includes a sealed pulse fluid supply device with a hollow shaft having a center with a hollow stationary shaft in said center, said hollow shaft having an outlet in communication with said fluid reservoir, an internal a bearing cage having an outlet, said inner casing being in contact with and surrounding the hollow shaft, a seal covering and in sliding contact with said internal cage, bearing balls housed in said seal, outer bearing cage covering bearing balls, hollow rotary shaft in sliding contact with said outer race, at least one hollow spoke in fluid communication with fluid inside said hollow rotary shaft and a fitting communicating with said hollow spoke having a nipple for articulating with a pipe, where said hollow spoke rotates around said hollow fixed shaft, and after alignment with said outlet, an additional amount of liquid is injected through the system, as a result of which the liquid enters the lower cutting edge of the blade.  54. The device of claim 53, further comprising a drum mower comprising a central bridge configured as said sealed pulse fluid supply device with a hollow shaft, at least one spoke for supporting a blade attached to said central bridge, at least one rotating blade attached to said spoke to support the blade, at least one pipe communicating with said nipple and ending near said rotating blade, communicating with it, fixed anvil, somewhat spaced aforementioned from said rotating blade, and a roller spaced from said anvil, in which the interaction of said rotating blade and said anvil provides cutting of vegetation, and said pipe delivers the processing fluid to said rotating blade.  55. The device according to p. 53, also comprising a chain mower, containing a Central shaft, made as the aforementioned sealed pulsed fluid supply device with a hollow shaft, at least one rotating blade attached to said Central shaft, at least one rod for supplying fluid communicating with said fitting and with said rotating blade, and a roller spaced from said rotating blade, wherein said rotating blade provides cutting of vegetation, and said shaft for a fluid supply feeds the treatment fluid to said rotating blade.  56. The device according to claim 2, in which said pipeline system also includes a sealed pulse fluid supply device with a hollow shaft having a center with a hollow rotating shaft in said center, said hollow shaft having an outlet, an inner bearing race having an opening, wherein said inner race contacts and encompasses said hollow shaft, a seal embracing and in sliding contact with said inner race, bearing balls located in said pack a bearing, an outer bearing race, covering the balls of the bearing, a hollow stationary shaft in sliding contact with said outer race, at least one hollow spoke in fluid communication with the fluid inside said hollow stationary shaft, and a fitting in communication with said hollow spoke having a nipple for articulation with a pipeline, where said hollow spoke rotates around said hollow stationary shaft, and when the hollow spoke aligns with the outlet of said hollow spoke of the existing shaft, an additional amount of liquid is injected through the system, as a result of which the liquid enters the lower cutting edge of the blade.  57. The device according to p. 56, which also includes a knife mower, containing a plate moving reciprocating, a series of blades mounted on the said reciprocating plate, a number of shields that are separated from the said row of blades and surrounding it, a manifold including a pipe for feeding liquid located in a nest inside the aforementioned series of flaps, said liquid supply pipe having outlet openings and said liquid supply pipe in communication with said sealed pulse liquid supply system with a hollow shaft, where fluid from said fluid supply pipe feeds the treatment fluid to the lower edges of said row of blades.  58. The device according to claim 2, also comprising a drum mower containing a central bridge, at least one spoke for supporting the blade attached to said central bridge, at least one rotating blade attached to said spoke to support the blade, fixed anvil, somewhat spaced from said rotating blade having a grooved groove accommodating a fluid supply pipe, said fluid supply pipe having a continuous slit outlet, and a roller spaced apart from said logs, in which the interaction of said rotating blade and said anvil provides cutting vegetation, and said pipe delivers the processing fluid to said rotating blade.  59. A method for trimming vegetation and treating trimmed vegetation with a processing fluid at the time of trimming, comprising the following steps: preparing at least one cutting blade, a liquid container and a fluid pipe running between the liquid container and at least one cutting blade, cutting the vegetation with using at least one shearing blade and supplying a continuous flow of treatment fluid to at least one shearing blade, so that the treatment fluid the spine continuously enters the cuts of trimmed vegetation at the time of trimming.  60. The method according to p. 59, which also includes the steps of pumping the processing liquid from the liquid container through the liquid pipe to at least one cutting blade and adjusting the amount of processing liquid continuously supplied to the cuts of the cut vegetation at the time of cutting.  61. The method of claim 59, further comprising the steps of attaching at least one cutting blade to a rotary cutting blade drive and rotating at least one cutting blade using a cutting blade drive.  62. The method according to p. 59, in which at least one cutting blade is mounted to rotate on a trailed mower attached to the rear of the tractor.  63. The method according to p. 59, in which at least one cutting blade is mounted to rotate on the head of the mower, attached to a hinged extension rod.  64. The method according to p. 59, in which the processing fluid can be supplied to at least one shearing blade, when at least one shearing blade is in any horizontal or non-horizontal position relative to the liquid container.  65. The method according to p. 59, in which the flow of the processing fluid, continuously flowing to the trimmed vegetation at the time of trimming, is sucked directly into the evaporation system of the trimmed plants.  66. The method according to p. 65, in which about 75-95% of the processing fluid, continuously supplied to the crop to be trimmed at the time of cutting, is absorbed directly into the evaporation system of the trimmed plants.  67. The method according to p. 66, in which the processing fluid, absorbed directly into the evaporation system of the trimmed plants, migrates to the root system of plants.  68. The method according to p. 59, in which the processing fluid supplied to at least one cutting blade does not spread and does not pollute the soil, surrounding vegetation and the underground water supply system.  69. The method according to p. 59, in which the processing fluid is supplied to the lower surface of at least one cutting blade and goes directly to the remaining stems of the plants to be trimmed.  70. The method according to p. 59, in which the processing fluid is supplied to the lower surface of at least one shearing blade and does not go to the trimmed vegetation. Priority on points:
08/17/1995 - according to paragraphs 1-2, 19, 21-35, 37, 46, 48-65, 67-70;
11/28/1995 - according to paragraphs 3-5, 12-13, 20, 36, 38-41;
08/16/1996 - according to PP. 6-11, 14-18, 42-45, 47, 66.

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